Cross-border heroin trafficker detained by French police

A 55-year-old woman from Nice was arrested by French police last week and admitted bringing cocaine by train from Ventimiglia to Nice Riquier by train over a period of several months.

She is suspected of making the trip twice each week, over a period of at least six months. When stopped at Nice Riquier railway station she was carrying 11.6 grammes of heroin. She told police that she has trafficked 240 grammes of the drug over the last six months.

She said that the heroin was mainly for her own use, but admitted to supplying it to clients in Nice.

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EasyJet and Monacair, the company founded by Stefano Casiraghi in 1988, have linked up to provide much easier access to and from the Principality, the two companies announced January 23. The partnership means that passengers using the leading airline at Nice-Côte d’Azur Airport and Monaco’s scheduled helicopter shuttle service can be whisked to the Principality in just six minutes.
EasyJet passengers in transit via Nice for Monaco often face major difficulties and delays in reaching the Principality by road. Now they can go directly to the Monacair counter on arrival, where they are picked up and taken to the tarmac to board one of the fleet's six Airbus helicopters.
Monacair, which offers an airport shuttle every fifteen minutes across seven days, provides a free transfer service between the heliport and any address in the Principality, upon arrival and departure from Monaco.
"Since Monacair became the official operator of this regular line in January 2016, we are stepping up initiatives to facilitate registration, reduce connection times and develop innovative solutions to meet our clients' need for speed," Gilbert Schweitzer, Chairman of the Monacair Group, told Monaco Life. "Monacair and easyJet, the precursors of synergy between aircraft and helicopters, are giving our shared passengers the opportunity to benefit from the dynamics of our two airlines."
The Monaco-Nice journey can also save a great deal of time, as passengers without hold baggage on scheduled easyJet flights can arrive at the heliport in Monaco 50 minutes before the departure of their easyJet flight from Nice. For departures from Monaco, and on arrival in Nice, passengers leaving the helicopter are transferred directly to the boarding gate of their easyJet flight. Holders of the easyJet+ card can embark as a priority.
EasyJet carries three million passengers to and from Nice-Côte d'Azur airport every year, with more than 220 flights a week in and out of Nice, and 25 percent of its passengers are business travellers. In both Nice and Monaco, passengers benefit from comfortable lounges at the heliport.
Réginald Otten, easyJet’s Regional Sales Manager in France commented to Monaco Life, “EasyJet has been a facilitator of travel to and from Nice for 20 years. This partnership is part of that logic while guaranteeing simplicity and saving time. Frequent travellers, including business passengers who are fond of high value-added services, will find in this offer a natural extension of their journey from Paris, London, Geneva."
Air France adds Tel Aviv and Athens
In other airport news, Air France is to add two new seasonal destinations this summer from Terminal 2 at Nice-Côte d’Azur Airport: Athens and Tel Aviv. From July 22, the national carrier will operate four flights to Israel, on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, leaving shortly after 7 am each morning, except on Saturday, when the flight departs Nice at 11:15 am. The last flight of the season will be on September 9.
Flights to Athens will operate on Tuesday and Thursday, leaving at 8:40 am and 8:15 am respectively. The last flight of the summer will be on August 31. Airbus
A320s will operate on both routes, with a seat capacity of 178. (Feature image: Facebook Monacair)
Article first published January 25, 2017.READ ALSO: Nice-Zurich with easyJet from June 2017

A French barman working in Monaco who had drunk three and a half litres of beer, two glasses of rosé and three glasses of champagne has appeared in handcuffs in front of the Criminal Court of Monaco.
The defendant had a blood alcohol level of 2.26 grams per litre of blood and was duly convicted of driving while drunk. It was not his first offence, having been convicted in December 2012 for the same offence.
It was on the evening of Thursday, June 1, that the 26 year-old from Menton, celebrated, both at FlashMan and at the Méridien Beach Plaza, the departure of a colleague, the court was told. At 7:40 am the next morning he decided to take his girlfriend to Villefranche but hit another vehicle as he tried to leave his parking place in Monaco.
Due to the amount he had drunk and his previous conviction he was sentenced to one month in jail.